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Sunday, June 21, 2015

✈New on Bosnian market: Sport and Business Aviation (SBA) Pilot's school

  Sport Business Aviation (SBA) fleet at Sarajevo Int. Airport
Photo by Fahrudin Krestalica
Sport Business Aviation (SBA) School is committed to support aviation in Bosnia and Herzegovina through training of responsible and secure pilots. Mission of the company is to provide candidates with dynamic content from high qualified stuff using modern and secure equipment. School is offering:
  • PPL School for motor airplanes
  • Flying course for gyrocopters
  • Glider school
  • Pilot for a day - gift course
  • Informative flights
SBA is equipped with the fleet of following aircraft:
  • CESSNA 177 RG
  • CESSNA 172
  • MORANE
  • FUJI 200
For more information please visit SBA website
All the best, safe and clear skies!
FlyingBosnian 

✈BH Airlines is on the verge of bankruptcy

BH Airlines ATR-72

Photo by Robert Viktor
Once again, Bosnian national carrier BH Airlines is on the verge of bankruptcy, as of the end of April the Austrian leasing company HETA leasing has blocked the accounts of the airline, due to outstanding obligations for the lease of two ATR72 aircraft. This time, the government is not willing to support a loss making company and is willing to close the airline according to the Prime Minister of Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina Fadil Novalić.
Total debt of BH Airlines is nearly 17.5 million euros.
Since the end of January this year, the company operates with only one airplane, while the second aircraft remaining grounded in Germany, for which BH Airlines was unable to pay the cost of regular servicing of the aircraft. With only 3,604 transported passengers in the first three months of this year, the airline found itself in a situation that it has all of its accounts blocked by creditors, and that cannot continue to operate while a part of debts to creditors do not settle.
Blocked Accounts
Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is the majority owner of BH Airlines, said that a decision on the bankruptcy of the company depends on the main creditor HETA leasing, requesting to be paid close to 11.5 million euros, in order to unblock BH Airlines accounts.
"Will BH Airlines go bankrupt depends on its major creditor HETA, the successor of HYPO Bank, to whom BH Airlines owns 23 million Bosnian marks. There are two options, but the decision on bankruptcy does not depend on us but on the creditor," said Prime Minister Fadil Novalić. Since BH Airlines does not own any assets to pay for accumulated debt and without government help this is most likely the end for the airline. 

Source: FlyingBosnian and Aljazeera Balkans

Friday, June 19, 2015

✈Wizzair launches website in Bosnian language


Wizzair has launched website in Bosnian language, one week before opening its first base in Bosnia and Herzegovina at Tuzla International Airport.

✈Bosnia and Herzegovina May 2015 air traffic statistic



Bosnia-Herzegovina air traffic statistics MAY 2015

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SARAJEVO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 
2014
Change %
+/-
2015
Change %
+/-
January
36.114
+8,00%
+2.677
43.700
+21,00%
+7.586
February
35.435
+16,56%
+5.036
39.908
+12,62%
+4.473
March
45.789
+2,59%
+1.158
50.273
+9,79%
+4.484
April
56.611
-0,53%
-307
63.064
+11,39%
+6.453
May
71.513
+9,18%
+6.018
80.143
+12,88%
+8.630
June
74.976
+2,78%
+2.028
 
 
 
July
74.948
+7,53%
+5.249
 
 
 
August
88.591
+11,02%
+8.795
 
 
 
September
71.168
+6,66%
+4.447
 
 
 
October
64.844
+0,70%
+457
 
 
 
November
46.833
+5,37%
+2.387
 
 
 
December
43.079
+17,18%
+6.319
 
 
 
Total
709.901
+6,64%
+44.264
277.088
+12,88%
+31.626


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TUZLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 
2014
Change %
+/-
2015
Change %
+/-
January
8.276
+
+8.275
12.960
+56,59%
+4.684
February
6.455
+
+6.455
12.055
+86,75%
+5.600
March
7.289
+
+7.289
14.474
+98,57%
+7.185
April
9.495
+
+9.495
17.311
+82,31%
+7.816
May
9.343
+1953,40%
+8.888
18.082
+93,93%
+8.739
June
12.195
+95,10%
+5.944
 
 
 
July
19.887
+67,48%
+8.019
 
 
 
August
19.253
+75,02%
+8.253
 
 
 
September
16.967
+87,04%
+7.896
 
 
 
October
16.299
+87,92%
+7.626
 
 
 
November
12.363
+67,99%
+5.004
 
 
 
December
13.531
+97,96%
+6.696
 
 
 
Total
151.353
+146,05%
+89.840
74.882
+83,27%
+34.024

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MOSTAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 
2014
Change %
+/-
2015
Change %
+/-
January
395
+154,83%
+240
775
+96,20%
+380
February
117
+1571,42%
+110
186
+58,97%1
+69
March
1.575
-35,79%
-878
2.425
+53,96%
+850
April
5.817
-24,81%
-1.920
6.680
+14,83%
+863
May
9.689
+6,68%
+607
11.867
+22,47%
+2.178
June
9.288
+1,55%
+142
 
 
 
July
8.831
+32,49%
+2.166
 
 
 
August
10.691
-3,71%
-412
 
 
 
September
10.499
+9,37%
+900
 
 
 
October
7.731
+1,69%
+129
 
 
 
November
1.426
-57,29%
-1.913
                
 
 
December
1.921
-6,65%
-137
 
 
 
Total
67.980
-1,39%
-959
21.933
+24,66%
+4.340

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BANJA LUKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 
2014
+/-
Change %
2015
Change %
+/-
January
1.522
+193,82%
+1.004
1.830
+20,23%
+308
February
1.352
+201,78%
+904
1.154
-14,64%
-198
March
1.566
+291,05%
+1.166
1.327
-15,26%
-239
April
1.942
+350,58%
+1.511
2.090
+7,62%
+148
May
2.201
+266,20%
+1.600
2.353
+6,90%
+152
June
2.797
+427,74%
+2.267
 
 
 
July
3.457
+309,59%
+2.613
 
 
 
August
4.011
+349,16%
+3.118
 
 
 
September
2.633
+269,28%
+1.920
 
 
 
October
2.503
+203,76%
+1.679
 
 
 
November
1.661
+282,71%
+1.227
 
 
 
December
1.991
-9,54%
-210
 
 
 
Total
27.636
+212,73%
+18.799
8.754
+1,99%
+171

Source: BHDCA